FORTSCHRITT IM TAL DER AHNUNGSLOSEN

Shadowed by weekly racist demonstrations in East Germany, former factory workers of the German Democratic Republic together with Syrian refugees share the memories of their lost homelands.

Director

FLORIAN KUNERT studied Documentary Directing at La Escuela Internacional de Cine y TV in Cuba and completed post-graduate studies at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne. His films include: SHACK THEATRE (video installation, 2011), POCO A POCO (doc short, 2012), THE PLURAL OF ONE PERSON (doc short, 2013), OH BROTHER OCTOPUS (doc short, 2017), and PROGRESS IN THE VALLEY OF THE PEOPLE WHO DON’T KNOW (doc, 2019).

Florian Kunert photos © Johanna Piechotta